Researchers at the University of Minnesota claimed to have invented a groundbreaking new catalyst technology that converts biomass feedstocks to acrylic acid and acrylates used in paints, coatings and superabsorbent polymers. The new catalyst technology is also highly efficient, which means lower costs for manufacturing renewable chemicals.
Brazil – Corn ethanol production forecast to rise 25% in 2021/22 [Full subscriber]
Brazilian production of ethanol from corn rose 58% in 2020/21 as dozens of recently built plants in the country’s grain heartland ramped up production. Analysts project a further increase of around 25% for 2021/22, reported Reuters.
Fractionating corn components elevates the profitability of ethanol production [Full subscriber]
Researchers at the University of Illinois show that implementing fractionation techniques that separate corn components prior to fermentation can improve the profitability of ethanol production.
Brazil – SJC Bioenergia to co-process corn at its cane sugar ethanol plant [Registered]
The combined patented and patent-pending systems produces a corn based starch slurry stream which gives high yields of ethanol and co-products while allowing the sugar cane mill to utilize existing fermentation, distillation, and evaporation.
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Raw sugar for March delivery settled at 19.82 cents/pound on January 18 after reaching a two-and-a-half-week high earlier in the session at 20.25 cents. The white sugar contract expiring in […]
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